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Learning about our 8 billion + member gathering 🧡
Thinking hard about poverty, wealth distribution, education.
...the more we share the more we have...
Thinking hard about poverty, wealth distribution, education.
...the more we share the more we have...
Wanting to engage on socials. Watching vitriol directed at dedicated community builders online. I see leaders post on Meta and then a comment that is a personal attack.😡 Resolving in such cases to go through and like or comment on supportive comments because meta bumps comments with more likes. 🧡💯
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Wanting to engage on socials. Watching vitriol directed at dedicated community builders online. I see leaders post on Meta and then a comment that is a personal attack.😡 Resolving in such cases to go through and like or comment on supportive comments because meta bumps comments with more likes. 🧡💯
Thinking of community voices I can support in 2026. Cynthia A. Green is such a voice in the South Seattle Community.
southseattleemerald.org/voices/2024/...
southseattleemerald.org/voices/2024/...
31 Days of Revolutionary Women: Cynthia Ann Green
by Bridgette Hempstead This article was originally published on March 24, 2017, as part of our 2017 series 31 Days of Revolutionary Women and has been reprinted
southseattleemerald.org
January 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Thinking of community voices I can support in 2026. Cynthia A. Green is such a voice in the South Seattle Community.
southseattleemerald.org/voices/2024/...
southseattleemerald.org/voices/2024/...
Consider supporting
Friends doing good work who are at risk of losing aid they rely on
#mutualaid
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Friends doing good work who are at risk of losing aid they rely on
#mutualaid
www.facebook.com/share/p/1BcL...
Redirecting...
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January 1, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Consider supporting
Friends doing good work who are at risk of losing aid they rely on
#mutualaid
www.facebook.com/share/p/1BcL...
Friends doing good work who are at risk of losing aid they rely on
#mutualaid
www.facebook.com/share/p/1BcL...
Relative wealth: Something I think about a lot. An excerpt from Michaele Weissman's God In A Cup (2008):
In Rwanda hourly labor paid 10 cents an hour. A visit to a private medical clinic, labs and medicine. $15. The author concludes that few laborers and few of their children are seeing doctors.
In Rwanda hourly labor paid 10 cents an hour. A visit to a private medical clinic, labs and medicine. $15. The author concludes that few laborers and few of their children are seeing doctors.
December 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Relative wealth: Something I think about a lot. An excerpt from Michaele Weissman's God In A Cup (2008):
In Rwanda hourly labor paid 10 cents an hour. A visit to a private medical clinic, labs and medicine. $15. The author concludes that few laborers and few of their children are seeing doctors.
In Rwanda hourly labor paid 10 cents an hour. A visit to a private medical clinic, labs and medicine. $15. The author concludes that few laborers and few of their children are seeing doctors.
Some days chronology is a long mistake. And absense makes nothing grow.
December 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Some days chronology is a long mistake. And absense makes nothing grow.
I keep meeting interesting people. Recently I was inspired by Mark Taylor-Canfield to learn more, contribute more, celebrate more.
youtu.be/ypkEADHnWoM?...
youtu.be/ypkEADHnWoM?...
Bruce Springsteen & Fall Of Freedom: Mark Taylor-Canfield On Jeff Santos Show
YouTube video by Mark Taylor-Canfield
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I keep meeting interesting people. Recently I was inspired by Mark Taylor-Canfield to learn more, contribute more, celebrate more.
youtu.be/ypkEADHnWoM?...
youtu.be/ypkEADHnWoM?...
The current run of The Wealth Walk, presented by The Feast theater ends tomorrow. Show at 1.
I was excited to see this ambulatory abacus of comparative economics. It is flush with historic tales of our very own neighborhoods. Highly recommend.
southseattleemerald.org/arts-culture...
I was excited to see this ambulatory abacus of comparative economics. It is flush with historic tales of our very own neighborhoods. Highly recommend.
southseattleemerald.org/arts-culture...
Want to Examine Income Inequality in the South End? Take ‘The Wealth Walk’
On a recent summer evening, a group of about a dozen people stood in the Lakewood Triangle – a pocket park in Mount Baker – taking in the well-to-do neighborhoo
southseattleemerald.org
September 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The current run of The Wealth Walk, presented by The Feast theater ends tomorrow. Show at 1.
I was excited to see this ambulatory abacus of comparative economics. It is flush with historic tales of our very own neighborhoods. Highly recommend.
southseattleemerald.org/arts-culture...
I was excited to see this ambulatory abacus of comparative economics. It is flush with historic tales of our very own neighborhoods. Highly recommend.
southseattleemerald.org/arts-culture...
Healing trauma. Using a Buddhist mantra:
Tayata Om
Bekandze Bekandze
Maha Bekandze
Radza Samudgate Soha
I meditated on my impostor syndrome and my embarrassment in front of others. I felt ready to hold my embarrassment with love and compassion instead of blocking it out. youtu.be/dBtvpjKAUF0?...
Tayata Om
Bekandze Bekandze
Maha Bekandze
Radza Samudgate Soha
I meditated on my impostor syndrome and my embarrassment in front of others. I felt ready to hold my embarrassment with love and compassion instead of blocking it out. youtu.be/dBtvpjKAUF0?...
Medicine Buddha- HEALING Mantra- NO ADS in Chanting Teyata Om Bekanze Bekanze- 藥師佛 -약사불 - Tinna Tinh
YouTube video by Zen Music Chant
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Healing trauma. Using a Buddhist mantra:
Tayata Om
Bekandze Bekandze
Maha Bekandze
Radza Samudgate Soha
I meditated on my impostor syndrome and my embarrassment in front of others. I felt ready to hold my embarrassment with love and compassion instead of blocking it out. youtu.be/dBtvpjKAUF0?...
Tayata Om
Bekandze Bekandze
Maha Bekandze
Radza Samudgate Soha
I meditated on my impostor syndrome and my embarrassment in front of others. I felt ready to hold my embarrassment with love and compassion instead of blocking it out. youtu.be/dBtvpjKAUF0?...
Public radio mutual aid 🧡🤗 🎙️🎙️🎙️
Hey, KOTZ in my hometown could use some support. This one radio station serves an area the size of Indiana, as in, it's the only radio station in the entire area. The area is also primarily Inupiaq.
kotz.org/index.html
kotz.org/index.html
July 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Public radio mutual aid 🧡🤗 🎙️🎙️🎙️
I saw a meme recently stating something like if we don't heal our wounds they will raise our children.
I'm trying to make a little space for healing, even within my less-than-stable existence.
Here is an article about vagus nerve myelation inspiring me today.
www.traumageek.com/blog/vagal-t...
I'm trying to make a little space for healing, even within my less-than-stable existence.
Here is an article about vagus nerve myelation inspiring me today.
www.traumageek.com/blog/vagal-t...
Vagal Tone: A Measurable Indicator of Nervous System Health — Trauma Geek
Vagal tone is the ability of the ventral vagus nerve to regulate the heart beat. “Cardiac vagal tone" is measured by tracking heart-rate and breathing rate at the same time. The heart-rate speeds up a...
www.traumageek.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I saw a meme recently stating something like if we don't heal our wounds they will raise our children.
I'm trying to make a little space for healing, even within my less-than-stable existence.
Here is an article about vagus nerve myelation inspiring me today.
www.traumageek.com/blog/vagal-t...
I'm trying to make a little space for healing, even within my less-than-stable existence.
Here is an article about vagus nerve myelation inspiring me today.
www.traumageek.com/blog/vagal-t...
Got a new gig where a random mistake can spell the end of the opportunity. It's cycling and in tourism which I adore. And it has me thinking about my relationship to attachment. I feel privileged to get to consider this lesson anew. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonatta...
June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Got a new gig where a random mistake can spell the end of the opportunity. It's cycling and in tourism which I adore. And it has me thinking about my relationship to attachment. I feel privileged to get to consider this lesson anew. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonatta...
Stole this, but damn, priorities on 👉!!
June 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Stole this, but damn, priorities on 👉!!
Someone took over my roundabout garden without approaching me a few weeks before I move out to another neighborhood.
😭
I'm so depressed. Thank you for witnessing.
I feel better already
Also they dug out the rose bush because 'it was too big'
😭
😭
I'm so depressed. Thank you for witnessing.
I feel better already
Also they dug out the rose bush because 'it was too big'
😭
May 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Someone took over my roundabout garden without approaching me a few weeks before I move out to another neighborhood.
😭
I'm so depressed. Thank you for witnessing.
I feel better already
Also they dug out the rose bush because 'it was too big'
😭
😭
I'm so depressed. Thank you for witnessing.
I feel better already
Also they dug out the rose bush because 'it was too big'
😭
Listening to a parenting conference today and came across the Radical Learning Talks. This one on consent deals with a big motivator for me in standing up to societal norms in developmental and mental health. #autonomy #consent #unschooling
open.spotify.com/episode/3swj...
open.spotify.com/episode/3swj...
7. Consent-based Learning and Parenting
Radical Learning Talks · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Listening to a parenting conference today and came across the Radical Learning Talks. This one on consent deals with a big motivator for me in standing up to societal norms in developmental and mental health. #autonomy #consent #unschooling
open.spotify.com/episode/3swj...
open.spotify.com/episode/3swj...
I'm not in a position to move (for health reasons). Support folks in Red states making a difference just by being there.
Kinda my rationale as a Canadian for being in the US.
Kinda my rationale as a Canadian for being in the US.
Are you a Blue dot living in a Red state?
Do you support the Tesla boycott?
Do you know how to make a “blue out” bag?
Are you okay with sexual predators in the White House?
🔥Our conversation is driven by YOU!
Read now: open.substack.com/pub/thedange...
Do you support the Tesla boycott?
Do you know how to make a “blue out” bag?
Are you okay with sexual predators in the White House?
🔥Our conversation is driven by YOU!
Read now: open.substack.com/pub/thedange...
Democratic Prepping: Surviving the GOP
America isn’t just bracing for another election—we’re preparing for survival
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I'm not in a position to move (for health reasons). Support folks in Red states making a difference just by being there.
Kinda my rationale as a Canadian for being in the US.
Kinda my rationale as a Canadian for being in the US.
If I had a therapist it'd be like this:
March 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If I had a therapist it'd be like this:
Every government in our lifetime has worsened inequality of wealth. Each and every government has made rich people richer and ordinary families poorer, and ironically, governments poorer as well.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Hmg...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Hmg...
Why the UK and US governments will both fail.
Garys Economics · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Every government in our lifetime has worsened inequality of wealth. Each and every government has made rich people richer and ordinary families poorer, and ironically, governments poorer as well.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Hmg...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Hmg...
Who you going to exploit today?
www.instagram.com/reel/DErg-P1...
www.instagram.com/reel/DErg-P1...
Redirecting...
www.instagram.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Who you going to exploit today?
www.instagram.com/reel/DErg-P1...
www.instagram.com/reel/DErg-P1...
Trolling my family member who says, "Everytime someone makes one of these Tic Toks about us we're crazy busy. It's so annoying." 🤣😘
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UPDVCY/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UPDVCY/
Replying to @kaaridahl wow wow wow #seattletok #sandwichtiktok
TikTok video by Zoe in Seattle
www.tiktok.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trolling my family member who says, "Everytime someone makes one of these Tic Toks about us we're crazy busy. It's so annoying." 🤣😘
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UPDVCY/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UPDVCY/
Interested in this topic from the perspective of the value of including voices at every range of experience and capacity in our academic discourse. So many voices are lost because non-conforming is not tolerated at every level.
www.routledge.com/Mad-Studies-...
www.routledge.com/Mad-Studies-...
Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health
The last few years have brought increased writings from activists, artists, scholars, and concerned clinicians that cast a critical and constructive eye on psychiatry, mental health care, and the cult...
www.routledge.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Interested in this topic from the perspective of the value of including voices at every range of experience and capacity in our academic discourse. So many voices are lost because non-conforming is not tolerated at every level.
www.routledge.com/Mad-Studies-...
www.routledge.com/Mad-Studies-...
Let's say it together.... Market trading is making money off human disasters and rising inequality.
youtu.be/9GumiLIxLMM?...
youtu.be/9GumiLIxLMM?...
How Millionaire Bankers Actually Work | Authorized Account | Insider
YouTube video by Insider
youtu.be
January 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Let's say it together.... Market trading is making money off human disasters and rising inequality.
youtu.be/9GumiLIxLMM?...
youtu.be/9GumiLIxLMM?...
So serial evictors are a thing, and hence, Evictorbook 😮
evictorbook.com/about
evictorbook.com/about
Evictorbook
A tool for tenant organizing
evictorbook.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
So serial evictors are a thing, and hence, Evictorbook 😮
evictorbook.com/about
evictorbook.com/about
Friday bike riding track 😜🤩😘
youtu.be/EZU5CG_ewMg
youtu.be/EZU5CG_ewMg
Absolum - Regenerated
YouTube video by Amit Hadary
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Friday bike riding track 😜🤩😘
youtu.be/EZU5CG_ewMg
youtu.be/EZU5CG_ewMg